Combined skirt fastener and supporter.



No. 659,574. Patented oars, I900;

H. H. BYBNE.

COMBINED SKIRT FASTENEB AND SUPPORTER.

(Application filed Feb. 12, 1900.

(No Model.)

TATES Nrrnn PATENT OFFICE.

- HUGH H. BYRNE, OF LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,574, dated October 9, 1900.

Application filed February 12, 1900- Serial No. 4,976. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGH H. BYRNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Skirt Fastener and Supporter; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Ladies and misses are fully cognizant of the discomfort, annoyance, and chagrin frequently occasioned by the disarrangement of the outer garments at the waist-line, such as the creeping upward of the waist or basque, the sagging of the skirt, and the gaping of the placket.

This invention provides a simple fastener of novel construction for securing the parts of the wearing-apparel in fixed relation and to wholly obviate the objectionable features herein enumerated.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and the drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are necessarily susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view showing the fastening applied to a skirt, the placket being open and parts of the skirt broken away. Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1, showing the application of the fastening when used in connection with a shirt-waist. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the application of the invention when used in connection with the basque. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section showing the disposition of the members when engaged. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is an end view of the member having the engaging hook. Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the invention applied and used in connection with a belt. Fig. 8 is a transverse section on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7.

Corresponding and like parts are referred a pendent hook 3 and at its opposite end with a slot or opening 4. An eye 5 is provided at the top edge of the end bearing the hook 3 and is designed to cooperate with hooks applied to the basque or with hooks adapted to be fitted to the belt. A series of openings 6 are provided at the edges of the plate 2 to receive the stitching by means of which the fastening is secured to the waistband of the garment. The member 1 consists of an oblong plate of less length than the plate 2 and is provided at its edges with openings '7 to receive the stitches or like fastenings employed for attaching the plate to the waistband of the skirt. A hook 8 is pendent from one end of the member 1, and a corresponding hook 9 is provided at the diagonally-opposite corner of said plate to engage over the top edge of the plate 2 when the members of the fastening are snapped or coupled. A hook 10 is provided at the end of the plate 1, having the hook 8, and is adapted to pass through the slot or opening 4 of the member 2 and secure the parts 1 and 2 when in engagement. An eye 11 is provided at the top edge of the plate 1 at the end supplied with the hooks8 and 10 and subserves the same purpose as the eye 5 of the member 2that is, to receive the book of the shirt-waist or the hook applied to the belt.

The members 1 and 2 of the fastening are secured to the ends of the waistband of the skirt upon opposite sides, so as tooverlap when the skirt is fastened, the member 1 underlapping the member 2 and having its hook 10 passing through the opening 4 and the hook 9 engaging over the top edge of the member 2. The purpose of the pendent hooks 3 and 8 is to engage with a metal strip, tape, or web 12,stitched to the shirt-waist at a point about in line with the waist, so as to prevent upward displacement of the garment, the latter being held in position by the weight of the skirt and the latter in turn being supported by means of either the waist or basque through the instrumentality of the hooks 3 and 8 and the tape 12, applied to the waist. The eyes and 11 are primarily intended to receive the hooks attached to the inner side of the basque or similar garment, so as to retain it in position at the waist-line.

When a belt is worn and constitutes a part of the wearing-apparel, relative displacement of the same with reference to the waist and skirt is prevented by'means of'supporters 13, the latter consisting of heads 14 and hooks 15, the belt being received in the space formed between the head 14 and the shank of the hook l5, and the latter engaging with either one of the eyes 5 or 11, according to the position of the supporter. The head 14: may have any configuration and be suitably embellished to present an ornamental appearance, since it lies against the outer side of the belt. The book 15 lies against the inner side of the belt and comes between it and the skirt and is adapted to engage with either one of the eyes 5 or 11.

The parts], 2, and 13 are preferably constructed of metal, which latter may be aluminium,brass,steel,and the like. When constructed of steel or other metal capable of corrosion in the presence of moisture, a protective coating will be applied thereto, such as commonly resorted to in the manufacture of metallic stiffeners or stays for garments. The construction is such as to admit of the parts being readily struck up or stamped from sheet metal.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

l. Askirt-fastener,comprising corresponding members provided with interlocking means and having terminal eyes at their upper edges, and supporting devices adapted to engage said eyes, each supporting device consisting of a head adapted to be fittedover theedge of a belt and a hook to engage an eye of 'waist or like body garment, and. supporting devices detachably engaging said eyes and adapted to fit over the edge of a belt, sub- 7 stantially as described.

3. A skirt fastening and supporter, comprising oblong members or plates, one having 'an opening at its inner end and a pendent hook ator near its outer end, and the other a hook at its inner end to engage over the top edge of the firstmentioned member and at its outer end a pendent hook and also a catchhook to engage the said opening at the inner end of the said first-mentioned member, substantially as described.

4. The herein-described skirt fastening and supporter, comprising oblong members or plates of difierent relative lengths, the longer member having an opening at one end and an eye and pendent hook at the opposite end, and the shorter member having a hook at one end to engage with the opening of the longer member and having a pendent hook and an eye at the same end with the engaging hook, and having a hook at the opposite end to engage over the top edge of the longer member, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH H. BYRNE.

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